Configure SNMP Communities

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To enable the vCenter Server Appliance SNMP agent to send and receive SNMP v1 and v2c messages, you must configure at least one community for the agent.

An SNMP community defines a group of devices and management systems. Only devices and management systems that are members of the same community can exchange SNMP messages. A device or management system can be a member of multiple communities.

Procedure

Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has the administrator or super administrator role.

The default user with super administrator role is root.

Run the snmp.set --communities command to configure an SNMP community.

For example, to configure public, east, and west network operation center communities, run the following command:

snmp.set --communities public,eastnoc,westnoc

Each time you specify a community with this command, the settings you specify overwrite the previous configuration.

To specify multiple communities, separate the community names with a comma.